15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7/12/2020 Entrance Chant • GLORY AND PRAISE TO OUR GOD

ⴕ INTRODUCTORY RITES

Sign of the Cross

Greeting

Penitential Act

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7/12/2020 Gloria

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Collect

ⴕ THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

First Reading • Isaiah 55:10-11

Thus says the Lord: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return

there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who

sows and bread to the one who eats, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; my

word shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7/12/2020 Responsorial Psalm • Psalm 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14

You have visited the land and watered it; greatly have you enriched it.

God’s watercourses are filled; you have prepared the grain. R̷

Thus have you prepared the land: drenching its furrows, breaking up its clods,

softening it with showers, blessing its yield. R̷

You have crowned the year with your bounty, and your paths overflow with a rich

harvest; the untilled meadows overflow with it, and rejoicing clothes the hills. R̷

The fields are garmented with flocks and the valleys blanketed with grain. They shout and sing for joy. R̷

Second Reading • Romans 8:18-23

Brothers and sisters: I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared

with the glory to be revealed for us. For creation awaits with eager expectation the revelation

of the children of God; for creation was made subject to futility, not of its own accord but

because of the one who subjected it, in hope that creation itself would be set free from slavery

to corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that all

creation is groaning in labor pains even until now; and not only that, but we ourselves, who

have the firstfruits of the Spirit, we also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the

redemption of our bodies.

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7/12/2020 Gospel Acclamation • PLEASE STAND

The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower.

All who come to him will have life forever. R̷

Gospel • Matthew 13:1-23

The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord.

On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered

around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore.

And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he

sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground,

where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, and when the sun

rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the

thorns grew up and choked it. But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or

sixty or thirtyfold. Whoever has ears ought to hear.”

The disciples approached him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” He said to

them in reply, “Because knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been

granted to you, but to them it has not been granted. To anyone who has, more will be given

and he will grow rich; from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. This is

why I speak to them in parables, because they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or

understand. Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says:

You shall indeed hear but not understand,

you shall indeed look but never see.

Gross is the heart of this people,

they will hardly hear with their ears,

they have closed their eyes,

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lest they see with their eyes

and hear with their ears

and understand with their hearts and be converted,

and I heal them.

“But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. Amen, I say to

you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to

hear what you hear but did not hear it.

“Hear then the parable of the sower. The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the

words of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what

was sown in his heart. The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the words and

receives it at once with joy. But he has no root and lasts only for a time. When some

tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, he immediately falls away. The seed

sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure of

riches choke the word and it bears no fruit. But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears

the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.”

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Homily

Universal Prayer • Lord, Receive Our Prayer

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7/12/2020 ⴕ THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Preparation of the Altar and Gifts

Hymn • SEED, SCATTERED AND SOWN

Invitation to Prayer

Prayer over the Offerings

Preface

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7/12/2020 Sanctus

Memorial Acclamation

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7/12/2020 Amen

ⴕ COMMUNION RITE

The Lord’s Prayer

Lamb of God

Holy Communion

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7/12/2020 Communion Hymn • BREAD THAT WAS SOWN

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7/12/2020 ⴕ CONCLUDING RITE

Prayer after Communion

Final Blessing/Dismissal

Prayer to Saint Michael

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and

snares of the devil; May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; And do thou, O Prince of the

Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about

the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7/12/2020 Closing Hymn • CANTICLE OF THE SUN

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